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Le Dernier Carosse (non volé)

Print
1870-1871 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Satirical print showing a funeral hearse driven by a skeleton representing Death, wearing the bicorne hat of Napoleon I and holding a scythe. In the hearse is an open coffin, from which Napoleon III, wearing a crown of laurels, emerges and reaches out. Print from a set of caricatures, broadsheets and illustrations in ten volumes. Each volume is half-bound in red leather, gold tooled and stamped with imperial emblems, title etc.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleLe Dernier Carosse (non volé) (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Brief description
'Le Dernier Carosse (non volé)'. Satirical illustration by Paul Klenck showing a funeral hearse driven by a skeleton representing Death, with Napoleon III emerging from a coffin. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871.
Physical description
Satirical print showing a funeral hearse driven by a skeleton representing Death, wearing the bicorne hat of Napoleon I and holding a scythe. In the hearse is an open coffin, from which Napoleon III, wearing a crown of laurels, emerges and reaches out. Print from a set of caricatures, broadsheets and illustrations in ten volumes. Each volume is half-bound in red leather, gold tooled and stamped with imperial emblems, title etc.
DimensionsThe prints in this series are described in the accession record as being of various sizes.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'No. 48 Le Dernier Carosse (non volé) En vente chez Grognet, Imp. Edit. R. des Ecoles, 16. Dépôt Madre, Libraire, R. du Croissant. Arrête! Arrête! cocher! le temps seulement d'etablir ma dynastie - Non! Non! Je te tiens donc enfin cette fois et c'est la bonne [?]' (Lettered)
  • 'P. Klenck' (Signed)
  • 'Cie Des Dégommé Réunis. (1ere Classe) Des Tuileries à La Morgue Intérieur Gratis' (Lettered within the design)
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Accession number
E.784-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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